Akbar, the third Mughal emperor, ascended to the throne in 1556, when he was only fourteen years old. The Mughal empire, merely a few decades old, truly flourished under Akbar.
He set up economic, military, and social institutions that would shape the empire for years. A crucial aspect of the composite bureaucratic structure established by Akbar was the introduction of a trimetallic coinage system. John Deyell, a numismatic historian, notes:
Akbar’s decision to foster a strong currency is an indication of his assessment of the prospects of his rule and of his nascent intention to fashion a centralised state.
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